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   Photo ID:

   S70-35145   


   Program:

   Apollo   


   Mission:

   Apollo XIII


   Date Taken:

   1970-04-17


   Film Type:

   35mm

Title:
View of Mission Control Center during Apollo 13 splashdown
Description:
Overall view of Mission Operations Control Room in Mission Control Center at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) during the ceremonies aboard the U.S.S. Iwo Jima, prime recovery ship for the Apollo 13 mission. Dr. Donald K. Slayton (in black shirt, left of center), Director of Flight Crew Operations at MSC, and Chester M. Lee of the Apollo Program Directorate, Office of Manned Space Flight, NASA Headquarters, shake hands, while Dr. Rocco A. Petrone, Apollo Program Director, Office of Manned Space Flight, NASA Headquarters (standing, near Lee), watches the large screen showing Astronaut James A. Lovell Jr., Apollo 13 commander, during the on-board ceremonies. In the foreground, Glynn S. Lunney (extreme left) and Eugene F. Kranz (smoking a cigar), two Apollo 13 Flight Directors, view the activity from their consoles.
Subject Terms:
APOLLO 13 APOLLO PROJECT CEREMONIES CONSOLES FACILITIES GROUND BASED CONTROL INTEGRATED MISSION CONTROL CENTER JOHNSON SPACE CENTER PERSONNEL TEXAS VIEWING WATER LANDING
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